Where are the Mad Magazine collectors? 10 10

[wampus13]

For Today's Madness is Mad #366 the NHRA variant. In 1998, the Toliver Mad Racing Team gave out free issues of Mad #366 with a slight cover variation, it did not have a UPC in the lower left like the newsstand version, this was not available at the newstand either. All of them were bagged in plastic and bundled with the NHRA promotion Jr Dragster Membership.As far as I know that is the only graded copy of this variation. When I sent it to CGC, this copy was still sealed in its plastic bag, so I was a little unhappy with the 6.0 grade but unless I get a 9.8, I am always unhappy with the grade, that how it goes

[OtherEric]

In today, courtesy of @Robot Man.  There were also lower grade copies of #36 and #37 that I will need to upgrade, even by my low standards.  But I've now got the Mad 1-106 run complete!

A huge thanks to Robot Man for reaching out to me with these; I love these boards.

[Jayman]

On 6/9/2023 at 12:14 AM, OtherEric said:

In today, courtesy of @Robot Man.  There were also lower grade copies of #36 and #37 that I will need to upgrade, even by my low standards.  But I've now got the Mad 1-106 run complete!

A huge thanks to Robot Man for reaching out to me with these; I love these boards.

All great books, but I find the 35 most interesting with all of the cultural advertising logos and trademarks. How some have stayed similar and others have changed completely over the decades is fascinating!

[Robot Man]

On 6/8/2023 at 9:14 PM, OtherEric said:

In today, courtesy of @Robot Man.  There were also lower grade copies of #36 and #37 that I will need to upgrade, even by my low standards.  But I've now got the Mad 1-106 run complete!

A huge thanks to Robot Man for reaching out to me with these; I love these boards.

Always glad to help out another fellow MAD man. Yeah, those other 2 are beaters but at least hole fillers for a while. 

[Robot Man]

On 6/9/2023 at 5:34 AM, Jayman said:

All great books, but I find the 35 most interesting with all of the cultural advertising logos and trademarks. How some have stayed similar and others have changed completely over the decades is fascinating!

One of my favorite MAD covers. Great front AND back wrap around. Lots of my other non MAD collector friends really like it. Sadly, the passage of time has not been kind to Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and several others. A lot of other characters have just slipped into obscurity. It is still fun to identify as many as possible. 

[wpbooks01]

#35 is probably my favorite MAD Magazine cover, but I'm wondering, since I stopped buying issues in the mid-70's, were there any other wraparound covers? I can't recall ever seeing another.

[OtherEric]

On 6/9/2023 at 11:24 AM, wpbooks01 said:

#35 is probably my favorite MAD Magazine cover, but I'm wondering, since I stopped buying issues in the mid-70's, were there any other wraparound covers? I can't recall ever seeing another.

[Ron C.]

Newly slabbed (bought on release) edition.

[FoggyNelson]

On 6/13/2023 at 4:11 PM, Ron C. said:

Newly slabbed (bought on release) edition.

Hope you got it “CHEAP””

[Axe Elf]

Of the 10 or so MAD magazines that survived in the box with my Warrens, I actually have one of those!

It's not a 9.0, but for sitting unprotected on a shelf/in a storage box for 45 years, it ain't bad...

[Ron C.]

On 6/15/2023 at 5:46 PM, FoggyNelson said:

Hope you got it “CHEAP””

Yup… 60 cents!

[wampus13]

It took me 4 years of hunting but I finally completed a mid grade CGC set of 6 of these 6 similar looking Mad Magazine covers. 

[Robot Man]

A shameless plug that I thought might be appropriate here. I’m currently running a sales thread in the GA section featuring a wild assortment of MAD and EC “Stuff”. Thought my fellow MADmen might find something they can’t live without…

[FoggyNelson]

On 6/9/2023 at 8:34 AM, Jayman said:

All great books, but I find the 35 most interesting with all of the cultural advertising logos and trademarks. How some have stayed similar and others have changed completely over the decades is fascinating!

I’m losing my memory oe something because I can’t remember any of these peoples on the cover

[Jayman]

On 9/14/2023 at 5:51 PM, FoggyNelson said:

I’m losing my memory oe something because I can’t remember any of these peoples on the cover

Look closely Foggy and you should remember some of them; Lipton Tea, Campbell Soup kids, Cream of Wheat, Camel Cigarettes, Smokey the Bear, Arm & Hammer, etc.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Jayman

[mrwoogieman]

Bought about 15 issues just because the subscription covers were intact, here’s a few. 
 

 

 

[Robot Man]

[Robot Man]

[wpbooks01]

On 9/24/2023 at 12:44 PM, Robot Man said:

I went to the first Non-Signet first printing, #30 The Dirty Old Mad (Paperback Library), but I do like the mozaic you laid down there! Lovely!

[OtherEric]

Thought some people here might find this thread interesting: